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longtailed skipper lacking long tails? - Urbanus proteus

longtailed skipper lacking long tails? - Urbanus proteus
Jesse H. Jones Park and Nature Center, Harris County, Texas, USA
October 27, 2010
I feel I should know this critter... it looks like a long-tailed skipper (Urbanus proteus) that lacks the tails. Short tailed skipper isn't supposed to occur here, but there are massive storms in the north, so who knows?
but then it might be something totally different, and the experts will tell.

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My favorite tailless Long-tailed Skipper comment...

 
mon dieu.... he's not alone.
mon dieu.... he's not alone.

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